文档介绍：FiguresofspeechFiguresofspeech(修辞),toheighteneffect,ortocreatesuggestiveimagery,(明喻)Metaphor(暗喻)(隐喻)Metonymy(转喻)(借代)Synecdoche(提喻)Personification(拟人)Antonomasia(换称)一Simile(明喻)Simile:(明喻)parisonbetweentwounlikeelementshavingatleastonequalityorcharacteristic(特性),wordslikeas,as...as,(anobject,event,process,etc.),Ascoldwaterstoathirstysoul,:本体(tenororsubject),喻体(vehicleorreference)parativewordorindicatorofresemblance)。eg:(1).like型★A联系动词(以tobe居多)+likeEg:★实意动词+like。Theywillneverbeabletosavemoneytobuyanewhouse——theybothspendmoneylikewater.★as型as在明喻句中用作介词,后跟名词。也可用作连词,后跟状语从句,表示动作或行为的方式。此外,还有两个常用句型,即as…as…和as…so…。英语里有不少含有明喻的成语,其结构为as+形容词+as+名词(第一个as可省略)。例如:(as)firmasarock坚如磐石(as)lightasafeather轻如鸿毛(as)closeasanoyster守口如瓶(as)muteasafish噤若寒蝉(as)strongasahorse强壮如牛(as)coolasacucumber泰然自若(as)soberasajudge十分清醒(as)sureasagun千真万确★虚拟句型最常见的是asif/though,另外还有其他一些形式。Eg:,看起来仿佛是从一副维拉斯奎兹的油画里跑出来的一样。Thedogswereinfullcry,theirnosesdown,theirtailsup,,低着头,翘着尾巴,一条挨一条,看上去就像一块行进的黄白交织的大地毯。Hewokethembothupgettingtobed,,但是后来他们想唤醒他时,简直就像唤死人一样。★:,如同锻炼之于身体。,就像阳光对于花朵的作用。BWhatXistoY,:Whatsaltistofood,,恰似盐对于食物一样。Whatbloodvesselistoaman’